Title Yuendumu : legacy of a longitudinal growth study in Central Australia / by Tasman Brown, Grant C. Townsend, Sandra K. Pinkerton, James R. Rogers

Published Adelaide : University of Adelaide Press, [2011] ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (1 PDF file (xxiii, 302 pages)) : illustrations, portraits Contents The Yuendumu project: anthropological foundations -- Yuendumu and the Warlpiri: early history -- Yuendumu: the longitudinal project, 1951-1960 -- Yuendumu: the longitudinal project, 1961-1971 -- Occlusal development and function in the Warlpiri -- Facial growth patterns in the Warlpiri -- People and personalities involved with the project -- The past, the present and the future -- The research legacy: publications, theses and films directly relating to the Yuendumu study Summary This book provides a comprehensive account of a unique pioneering longitudinal study of human growth that continues to contribute to human knowledge and raise new questions 60 years after it commenced. Although over 200 scientific publications have arisen from the study, this book describes, in single volume, the key researchers involved, the Warlpiri people Yuendumu who participated in the study, and the the main outcomes. The findings have provided new insights into how teeth function, as well as factors affecting oral health and physical growth. General readers, as well as students and researchers, will find much of interest in this volume Analysis children aboriginal australians northern territory social life and customs longitudinal studies aborigines health surveys dental surveys health and hygiene yuendumu Adelaide Mandible Molar (tooth) Occlusion (dentistry) Warlpiri language Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Online resource; title from PDF title page (OAPEN, viewed July 18, 2016) Subject Health surveys -- Australia -- Yuendumu (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Dental care -- Australia -- Yuendumu (N.T.) Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Yuendumu (N.T.) -- Social conditions Children, Aboriginal Australian -- Health and hygiene -- Australia -- Yuendumu (N.T.) Longitudinal method. Anthropology. Public health. Oral Health -- history Stomatognathic Diseases -- history Dental Physiological Phenomena Anthropology, Physical -- methods Australasian People Longitudinal Studies History, 20th Century Anthropology Public Health anthropology. public health. Health status - Dental health. Anthropology. Dentistry. Medicine. Other branches of medicine. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Sociology and anthropology. MEDICAL -- Dentistry -- General. Public health Longitudinal method Anthropology Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions Health surveys Northern Territory. Northern Territory Yuendumu (South Central NT SF52-12). Northern Territory Northern Territory -- Yuendumu Form Electronic book Author Townsend, Grant, author Pinkerton, Sandra K., author Rogers, James R. (James Robert), 1941- author. ISBN 9780987073006 0987073001

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